John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Monell and Niese Beat San Fran, 7/6/2015

Johnny Monell, Las Vegas 51's Team Set

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #84; Monday;  Jul 6, NYM 3 @ SFG; 0; boxscore;   WP: Niese; LP: Romo;  Save: Familia; Time: 02:20; NIGHT; Attendance: 42,247; Record: 43-41; Standings: 2; Games up/behind: 3.5; W;

Curtis Granderson RF: 0 for 4; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Rubén Tejada SS: 1 for 4; 1 walk; Daniel Murphy 3B: 0 for 4; Wilmer Flores 2B: 1 for 4; Michael Cuddyer 1B: 2 for 4; 1 run; Kirk Nieuwenhuis LF: 1 for 2; 2B; 1 run; 2 walks; Johnny Monell C: 1 for 4; 2B,GDP; 1 run; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Jon Niese P: 0 for 3; Lucas Duda PH-1B: 0 for 1; 1 K; Juan Lagares CF: 1 for 3; HBP; 1 RBI; Jon Niese, W (4-8): 8 innings; no runs; 3 hits; 2 walks; 4 Ks; Jeurys Familia, S (23): 1 inning; no runs; 1 K;  

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets make Niese’s stellar effort hold upwith three-run ninth. “Jon Niese picked the right night for his top pitching performance of the season…Niese (4-8) allowed three hits and two walks over eight scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 3.58… Johnny Monell delivered the big hit, a two-run double in the ninth against Santiago Casilla, and Juan Lagares’ RBI single later in the inning provided extra protection. Michael Cuddyer’s single and Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ double leading off the inning against Sergio Romo had sparked the rally.”

The Nationals fell 3-2 to the Reds to allow the Mets to move closer to 1st at 3.5 games back.

NL East Standings 7/6/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
WSN	46	37	.554	--	360	322	.551
NYM	43	41	.512	3.5	293	301	.488
ATL	41	42	.494	5.0	327	352	.466
MIA	35	48	.422	11.0	300	339	.444
PHI	28	57	.329	19.0	292	428	.332

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/6/2015.